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Joined at the hip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... suspects were in attendance to provide a semblance of market action. US shares rose on positive housing news. The S&P/Case Shiller home price index rose by 1.1 per cent in August - the third consecutive monthly increase. An extension of the US$8,000 ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... has to approve Obama's nomination. They will because the market liked what they saw. "Home of the brave." The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index and 10-city home price index both rose by 1.4 per cent in June. This is more than twice the rate of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... points in August, well above analyst forecasts and snapping two months of declines. Also lifting sentiment was the S&P/Case-Shiller housing price index, which showed price declines in 20 cities slowed to an annual rate of 15.4 per cent in June from 17.1 ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... section). And this is that 'other' good news on the housing market. Remember yesterday's new homes sales report? The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index rose by 0.5 per cent in May from April - the first increase since July of 2006 and the biggest rise ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... decision. And this would continue as long as US house prices continue to fall. And here there is good news. The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index in May posted its smallest monthly fall since June 2008 suggesting that maybe - just maybe - the worst of ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... action. But what about the real threat? Yes, the thing that started all this still has to rise from the ashes. The Case-Shiller US National home price index fell by 2.2 per cent in March -- its 31st consecutive monthly decline - and by 18.7 per cent ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... since November 2005. More green shoots in second derivatives. The pace of decline in US home prices slows. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index fell by 18.6 per cent in the year to February, better than the record 19 per cent fall posted in ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... pre-occupation with anything and everything scary. Incidentally, Bloomberg quoted data compiled by Yale University Professor Robert Shiller again last night, saying that the S&P 500 would need to sink another 27 per cent to reach the average P/E ratio ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... saying, 'stocks are cheap and the sun will rise again.' Bloomberg also quoted renowned Yale University professor Robert Shiller's data showing that the S&P 500 index is at its cheapest level since 1986. I don't think there is anyone that could argue ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... financial advice and support an insurance scheme that will hedge home-owners against extreme property prices, said Dr. Robert Shiller, the author of the best-selling book 'Irrational Exuberance' at a financial planning forum in Sydney this morning. Dr. ...